The Philadelphia Flyers have signed Leo Carlsson to an offer-sheet. The contract is for 5 seasons with a cap hit of $18 million.
The Ducks had previously let teams know they would match any offer-sheet and there is no reason to believe that they wouldn’t.
The compensation to the Ducks would be 4 1st round picks if they chose not to match.
Carlsson’s new 5-year deal, with whichever team, will cover 4 RFA years and 1 UFA year.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired Valeri Nichushkin from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a 2026 2nd round pick (43rd overall), a 2027 3rd round pick and a 2028 5th round pick.
The winger is signed through 2029-30 at a cap hit of $6.125 million.
Nichushkin, 31, had 17 goals and 32 assists in 72 games for the Avalanche last season.
The Florida Panthers have acquired Garnet Hathaway from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Panthers acquired Hathaway and the Flyers’ 6th round pick in 2026 in exchange for the Panthers’ own 5th round pick in 2026 and 4th round pick in 2027.
The Flyers are retaining 50% of Hathaway’s contract, leaving the Panthers with a $1.2 million cap hit on the contract that’s expiring after this season. Hathaway figures to be the replacement for A.J. Greer, who will hit the UFA market looks to have priced himself out of the Panthers after a strong 2025-26 season.
Hathaway, 34, had 1 goal and 2 assists in 66 games for the Flyers last season.
The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired Bowen Byram and Jordan Greenway from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Louis Crevier, the Blackhawk’s 1st round pick (4th overall) and the Islanders’ 2nd round pick (45th overall).
Byram was clear about his desire to be a #1 defenseman somewhere, having played behind Cale Makar and Rasmus Dahlin in his career.
Frank Seravalli reports the Blackhawks felt more comfortable moving the 4th pick today after the Sharks traded William Eklund, signaling that Ivar Stenberg might go 2nd and wouldn’t be available for them at 4th.
The Washington Capitals have acquired Jordan Kyrou from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the Capitals’ 2026 1st round pick (16th overall), Connor McMichael and Milton Gastrin.
The Blues now have the 11th, 15th, 16th and 29th picks in the first round of Friday’s draft.
Kyrou, 28, has a cap hit of $8.125 million on his contract which expires in 2031.
McMichael, 25, is a RFA 2 seasons away from UFA rights.
The Ottawa Senators have acquired William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen and Brandon Svoboda from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the Florida Panthers’ 2026 1st round pick (9th overall).
Eklund, 23, has 3 years remaining on his contract with a cap hit of $5.6 million. He will have 1 RFA season remaining after his current contract expires.
The trade opens up a space for the Sharks in their forward corps in case they wanted to draft winger Ivar Stenberg at 2nd overall. The Sharks could then use the 9th pick to draft a defenseman to fill the organizational need.
The Calgary Flames have acquired Simon Nemec from the New Jersey Devils along with Maxim Tsyplakov in exchange for the Rangers’ 2nd round pick in 2026 (35th overall), the Golden Knights’ 2027 1st, the Avalanche’s 2028 1st, and Etienne Morin.
Both 1st round picks acquired in the deal are top-10 protected, reports Elliotte Friedman.
Nemec, 22, was the Devils’ 2nd overall pick in 2022. In 68 games last season, he had 11 goals and 15 assists.
The Edmonton Oilers have re-signed Connor Murphy to a 5-year contract with a cap hit of $4.1 million.
Ryan Rishaug reports the contract has a full no-trade clause in the first 3 seasons and a 16-team no-trade list for the final 2 seasons.
The Oilers paid a 2028 2nd round pick last season to acquire Murphy from the Blackhawks. In 80 games between the 2 teams, the 33-year old defenseman had 5 goals and 12 assists.